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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
U.S. Steel is idling a taconite plant in Keewatin and two other facilities in Michigan and Missouri.
(12/02/2008)
Some Minnesota cities are instituting hiring freezes and cutting back on expenses. The cities are reacting to the recession and an expected multi-billion dollar state budget deficit.
(12/02/2008)
The NFL has suspended six players for four games each for violating the league's anti-doping policy, including Minnesota Vikings defensive linemen Kevin Williams and Pat Williams.
(12/02/2008)
The Minnesota Secretary of State's office says the campaigns in Minnesota's U.S. Senate recount battle need to reduce the number of ballots their campaigns are challenging. That number is nearing 6,000.
The battle to prevent more foreclosures in north Minneapolis has just become a ground war. All this week, a group of volunteers will go door to door, trying to prevent foreclosures.
General Motors says it needs $4 billion in
government loans this month and a total of $12 billion by late
March to keep operating. The troubled automaker says it plans to
slash its numbers of workers, vehicle brands and plants by 2012.
A federal magistrate judge has set a date of Feb. 9, 2009, for the fraud trial of Twin Cities businessman Tom Petters.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty says Minnesota is facing a deficit in the current budget as well as in the next two-year cycle.
The music of John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers has been a familiar part of the Christmas season for decades. But this new disc is their first all-new Christmas recording in 20 years.
Democrat Al Franken has gained 37 votes
on Republican Sen. Norm Coleman in the U.S. Senate recount, after Ramsey County found 171 ballots that weren't counted on election night.
November U.S. vehicle sales at General Motors and Chrysler plunged more than 40 percent, while Ford's dropped 31 percent, dashing hopes that the
industrywide drop in vehicle demand might be easing.
Delta Air Lines Inc. hinted Tuesday that more job
cuts could be on the way as it disclosed that it will reduce consolidated system capacity by 6 percent to 8 percent in 2009, compared to the current year.
President-elect Barack Obama pledged quick
work Tuesday on an economic recovery plan to include tax cuts and
increased federal spending, and told the nation's governors he
wants their advice in designing it.
Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of a 1990 plane crash, which he says demonstrates how culture shapes behavior -- and in this case, disaster.
One would think that folksingers in Boston are lining up to get gigs and trying to out-do each other in a fiercely competitive scene. But Meg Hutchinson says it's more of a family atmosphere. She's one of Red House Records' newest singer-songwriters and says the Boston scene, where she lives now, is supportive and thriving.
More than 90 percent of the votes are counted in Minnesota's U.S. Senate race, amid charges of missing ballots and thousands of challenges. The ballot recount must be completed by Friday.
Lund Food Holdings has signed a lease agreement to build a store inside the proposed Penfield in downtown St. Paul.
The Secretary of State's office has released copies of 1,000 of the 5943 contested ballots so far. MPR News found many of the challenges to be frivolous.
The Lessard Outdoor Heritage Council met for the first time Monday.
Day care providers worry as the economic downturn hits parents' pocketbooks.
Civil rights leader and Clinton confidant Vernon Jordan talks about his life as a power broker and what the election of Barack Obama means to him and the country.
President-elect Obama is receiving praise for assembling a diverse "team of rivals." But will the new team's centrist character improve the democrats' reputation for being weak on foreign policy?
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